Exploring the functionality of uiRouter using the requirejs framework

I've been struggling with a problem for a while now and haven't found any solutions in other posts related to testing uiRouter with requirejs. I have a basic controller set up that uses $state.go to switch states when a button is clicked.

runsController.js

define([],
function() {
"use strict"
var runsController = function($scope, $window, $http, $state) {

    function getRuns() {
        $http.get($window.apiLinks.runs).success(function(data) {
            $scope.runs = data.objects;
        }).error(function(data) {
            console.error();
            console.error(data);
        });
    }
    getRuns();

    $scope.refresh = getRuns;



    $scope.createRun = function() {
        //$state.go('createRun');
    }

    return ["$scope", "$window", "$http", "$state", runsController];
});

The controller is included in an app that relies on uiRouter.

app.js

define(["angular", "js/controllers/runsController", "js/router", "uiRouter"],
function(angular, runsController, router) {
'use strict'

var appName = "myApp";
var app = angular.module(appName, ["ui.router"]);

app.config(router);

app.controller("runsController", runsController);


function getName() {
    return appName;
}

return {
    app : app,
    getName : getName
};

});

router.js

define(["./controllers/runsController"],
function(runsController){

var routes = function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {

    // For any unmatched url, redirect to /runs
    $urlRouterProvider.otherwise("/runs");

    // Set up the states
    $stateProvider
        .state('runs', {
            url: "/runs",
            templateUrl: "partials/runs.html",
            controller: "runsController"

        })
        .state('createRun', {
            url: "/createRun",
            templateUrl: "partials/runCreator.html"
        });
};


return ["$stateProvider", "$urlRouterProvider", routes];

});

Here's the test setup for this controller:

define(["angular", "angularMocks", "js/app", "js/controllers/runsController"],
function(angular, mocks, app, runsController) {
'use strict'
describe('runsController Unit Tests', function() {
    var mockApp, scope, httpBackend, objects, state;


    objects = [
        {rid : 1, filename : "myFile.txt", exitCode : 0},
        {rid : 2, filename : "test.zip", exitCode : 0},
        {rid : 3, filename : "test2.tar", exitCode : 0}
    ];

    beforeEach(function() {

        mockApp = angular.module(app.getName());
    });

    beforeEach(inject(function ($rootScope, $controller, $httpBackend, $http, $state) {
        scope = $rootScope.$new();
        window.apiLinks = {"runs" : "/mock/api/runs"};
        httpBackend = $httpBackend;
        state = $state;
        httpBackend.when("GET", "/mock/api/runs").respond({
            "objects"  : objects
        });
        $controller(runsController[4], {
            $scope : scope,
            $window : window,
            $http : $http,
            $state : $state
        });
        httpBackend.flush();
    }));

    it("Get state working in test environment", function() {

    });

    it("Test that controller automatically gets the runs", function() {
        // Because of the way our controller files are structured, we need to specify the
        // last element in the array instead of just
        expect(scope.runs.length).toBe(3);
    });


});

This is currently showing an error message: Error: [$injector:unpr] Unknown provider: $stateProvider <- $state

Based on my readings, I believe this means I need to inject the dependencies required by the controller to run state. However, if I'm using the app before each test, shouldn't the dependencies be available after the .config() is executed? Can anyone help me identify what I might be missing here?

Thank you in advance!

Answer №1

I encountered the same issue and here is how I resolved it.

Make sure to pay attention to the following:

karma.conf.js

 {
    pattern: 'ROOT/TO/YOUR/angular-ui-router/release/angular-ui-router.js',
    included: false
  },

test-main.js : This serves as your karma require config file

 paths: {
    // External libraries
    'angular': '/base/PATH/TO/YOUR/angular/angular',
    'angularMocks': '/base/PATH/TO/YOUR/angular-mocks/angular-mocks',
    'uiRouter' : '/base/PATH/TO/YOUR/angular-ui-router/release/angular-ui-router',
.....
  • /base/ + your path

DO THE SHIMMY

 shim: {
    'angular': { 'exports': 'angular' },
    'angularMocks': { deps: ['angular'], 'exports': 'angular.mock' },
    'uiRouter' : {deps: ['angular'], 'exports' : 'uiRouter'},

We are now inside our test.

Define the module

define([
 'angular',
 'angularMocks',
 'uiRouter',
 .....

When setting up your beforeEach

BeforeEach(inject(function ($injector){
  $state = $injector.get('$state');
  ....

I hope this guidance proves useful for you.

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